Tom's Mad Blog
April 4th, 2014 | Posted in News
The Comic Art Professional Society‘s auction to benefit Stan and Sharon Sakai took a real MAD turn with their latest batch of listings. Included are originals from MAD legends¬¨‚Ć Jack Davis (see above) and Al Jaffee (see below). Sergio had a fantastic piece up earlier but that auction must have ended as it’s gone. There are lots of other great pieces up for auction for a very worthy cause. New pieces are added every Thursday or Friday. READ MORE
April 3rd, 2014 | Posted in News
Later this month I will be in Chicago for the big C2E2 Comic Expo at the McCormick Place event center. The show dates are April 25-27th, and I will be at table #P-17 in Artist’s Alley. As I understand this is sort of an unofficial DC Comics area, so I will be sitting with a bunch of real comics artists trying desperately to look like I belong there. What will I be doing? I will have a big stack of original MAD artwork and sketches available for sale as well as copies of my book. I’ll also be debuting my 2014 limited edition print entitled… READ MORE
April 2nd, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Michael Kelly AKA Doug Stamper from “House of Cards”. This was drawn using a black Crayola colored pencil. READ MORE
April 1st, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
April 1st is officially Alfred E, Neuman’s birthday, so what better day to issue an update to the MAD iPad app? The app sports an all new design… for those using iOs 7 or higher, anyway. I had a chance to play around with it today and I like the new layout and especially the organization of the “Issues” menu page. You now have three different sections: All– This was previously all you had in the old design under “Issues”. It lists every issue, book or special available for download or purchase. The ones you have bought or are available to you via your subscription… READ MORE
April 1st, 2014 | Posted in News
Clicky to embiggen… Have you been procrastinating on buying your copy of my print “The Doctor Is In?” Well, you might be too late. As of this morning I have exactly 3 prints left, with or without the 12th doctor option where I draw Peter Capaldi on the side. Whenever I do one of these “only X number left” posts, I tend to sell those X number immediately, so even as your read this they might be gone. Clicky to embiggen… If you missed out, my apologies. Buck up, though! I will be debuting a brand new print this spring and it will of course… READ MORE
March 31st, 2014 | Posted in General
This week’s Monday MADness is a peek behind the scenes at the complete rough pencils of the parody of “The Dark Knight Rises”, written by Arnie Kogen and appearing in MAD #519. Clicky any image to embiggen: READ MORE
March 30th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I’ve read several “how-to” articles on inking comics – including your excellent 2-part inking tutorial -¬¨‚Ć and there is great information out there. However, what I am having trouble finding is how an artist should care for their brushes and pens. Not only when one is done working with them for the day, but, also what to do with the tools during the actual inking process? For example: are you constantly swirling your brush in a cup of water in-between strokes? Does water work for cleaning permanent ink – or is something else needed? A: Great question. You do have to care for your… READ MORE
March 28th, 2014 | Posted in News
I just wanted to say a few more things about the fantastic new National Cartoonists Society website that just went live in the wee hours this morning. The design and programming were done by the very talented Joe McGarry, and alone with the new look comes a lot of news about the NCS and it’s continuing foray into cyberspace. New Design- The look and feel of the new site is really terrific, and Joe deserves a huge congratulations for his vision and hard work. Little touches like the dynamic sizing of the full-width windows, the “word balloon” inserted teaser and link in the slideshow, the… READ MORE
